Tharoor hits back at BJP for dynasty taunt at Cong, Rahul
4 Dec 2017 10:57 PM IST
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today hit back at the BJP for its dynasty taunt at Rahul Gandhi, saying they should "first look at their own internal party democracy". Tharoor also said that it was a "classic case of people living in glass houses" without completing the maxim that warns people against targeting others when they are themselves vulnerable. "BJP should first look at their own internal party democracy... It is a classic case of people living in glass houses (throwing stones at others)," he said.
The Lok Sabha member said this in response to questions from the media here on the allegation levelled by the BJP on the imminent elevation of Rahul Gandhi to the Congress president post, on a day when he filed his nomination for it. "Democracy doesn't mean that there necessarily has to be more than one candidate. It means the process should be followed, and at present, it seems there is no opposition to his (Rahul Gandhi's) nomination. And, if there is an opposition, there will be a vote," Tharoor told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today likened the imminent elevation of Rahul Gandhi to dynastic succession of Mughal rulers, while BJP spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao said "Pidhikaran of the Congress is now complete. Neither the old generation (PEEDI), nor the new generation matters."
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